More than 80% of businesses checked during an inspection push on the Isle of Wight were found to have breached the law. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) carried out a special two-day inspection programme on the island and found 84% of businesses in breach of health and safety regulations. Issues found included badly maintained … read more
A County Durham car valeting company has been fined after failing to comply with enforcement notices and putting workers at risk of electrocution. Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors visited UK Express Valeting Limited’s premises at Abraham Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, on 22 March 2022 after a previous visit in March 2020 resulted in enforcement … read more
A waste and recycling company has been fined after an employee’s leg was amputated after he was run over by a telehandler. The man, who was 51 at the time, was working for Eco Waste and Recycling Limited at the company’s waste transfer site on Hullocks Pit Hill, Newnham Road, Newnham, Hertfordshire, when he was … read more
A building company has been fined after a demolition worker suffered serious injuries after falling from a platform in Kensington in London. Ovidiu Dobra was working for Henry Construction Projects Limited at a building site on Kensington High Street when the incident happened on 2 March 2021. Mr Dobra, 51 at the time, was working … read more
Two company directors have been jailed after a wall collapsed killing five men – with both firms having to pay combined fines of £1.6million. Wayne Anthony Hawkeswood and Graham John Woodhouse ran a Birmingham metal recycling business where a wall toppled over and killed five workers. The pair were found guilty on multiple counts after … read more